Apparatus for making cheese.



PATENTED MAR. 6, 1906.

J. BARDING.

APPARATUS FOR MAKING CHEESE.

APPLIUATIGK FILEE AUG. 8. 1904.

JAMES HARDING, OF MAIDEN BRADLEY, NEAR BATH, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR Specification of Letters Patent.

MAKING CHEESE.

ratented March 6, 1906.

Application filed August 8, 1904. Serial No, 220,000.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES HARDING, a sub- 'ect of the King of Great Britain, residing at Iaiden Bradley, near Bath, in the county of Somerset, En land, have invented certain new and usefu Improvements in Apparatus for Making Cheese, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for making cheese, and has for its main object to rovid e apparatus of this class chiefly intende for the manufacture of Cheddar cheese in which the risk of the milk and resulting curd and whey becoming burnt is eliminated.

Heretofore it has been the practice to heat the contents of the cheese tub or vessel by means of gas or other flames or by the direct application of steam; but this practice had t e serious disadvantage of frequently causing the curd to be burnt in places by the dry heat, thereby resultingin considerable waste, while, furthermore, it was difiicult to obtain an even heating of the contents of the tub or vessel.

In order that my invention may be the more readily understood and carried into practical effect, reference is hereby made to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings, wherein I have illustrated a convenient manner of carrying my said invention into practical effect.

In the drawings referred to, Fi ure 1 re resents a sectional elevation of a cheese tu or vessel, showing the application of my invention thereto, while Fig. 2 is an elevational view thereof.

The reference-letter a represents a tub or vessel which ma in the main be of ordinary form, such vesse preferably being constructed 01' copper, although any other suitable metal or material may be employed in combination with or in lieu thereof.

Surrounding the outside of the tub or vessel a is a jacket I) to form an annular waterchamber 3;, such jacket preferably being connected to the vessel (1 by means of collars b and rivets if.

A filling-inlet b is provided, which inlet is normally closed by a screw-cap b or its equivalent, while an outlet 1), controlled by a cock I), is provided for emptying purposes.

A vent-pipe b controlled by a cock b", is provided in jacket 12 for the urpose of. allowing the air to escape when t 1e water is introduced into the inlet b.

Arran ed upon the outside of the waterjacket I) I provide a steam-jacket c to form an annular steam-chamber c, the necessary steam being introduced into such chamber by means of a pi e (l, communicating with the source of so p y. The said steam-pipe d is provided wit a suitable union d at its junction with the jacket 0, While such pipe is carried around the interior of the steamjacket to the outer side of the water-j acket b, the steam being distributed throughout the said steam-chamber through perforations d in that part of the said pipe (1 which is within the steam-chamber.

An outlet c controlled by a cook 0 is rovided in the jacket 0 for the withdrawal 0 the condensed steam, while a vent-pi e c, having a suit-able valve 0", is provide for allowing the escape of superfluous steam from the steam-chamber.

It will be understood from the foregoing that during the process of cheese-making the curd contained in the tub or vessel a is heated to the required temperature by introducing steam through the pipe (1 into the steam chamber 0', such steam escapin through the perforations d, and so circu sting evenly throughout the said chamber.

By interposing the water-jacket aforesaid between the steam-chamber and the walls of the tub or vessel c the steam is relieved of its burning heat, and as a conse uence curd of a more even consistency and etter flavor is obtained.

It is obvious that I may also employ similar water and steam chambers in connection with other dairy utensils where the contents of such utensils are required to be heated.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Lettars Patent, is-

In cheese-making apparatus of the kind described, the combination with a metal tub or vessel; of an annular water jacket or chamber surrounding said tub having inlet and 100 outlet openings; an annular steam jacket or which is inclosed by said steam-jacket, subchamber surrounding said water-jacket stantially as specified.

which is interposed between the walls of the said tub and said steam-jacket and a steam- JAMES HARDING supply pipe communicating with said stcam- Witnesses:

jacket and circulating around the interior of GERARD MosELY,

same, said pipe being perforated in that part JAMES SMITH. 

